Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old woman, Miss Chinwendu Umegbaka, for allegedly stealing her neighbour’s child at Nwawulu Sreet, Okpoko, Onitsha.
The Police confirmed that the suspect was arrested on Saturday at 4:30 pm in the same Okpoko.
Confirming the arrest, Anambra State Command Spokesperson, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, said “the Police have arrested, one Miss Chinwendu Umegbaka, 29 years, a native of Isinkwo Abaomege in Onicha LGA of Ebonyi State on an alleged case of child-theft in Okpoko, Onitsha, Anambra State.”
Tochukwu said that Police preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a neighbour to the parent of the child and that when the arrest was made, the suspect initially denied knowing the whereabouts of the 3-year-old girl.
The Police Spokesperson added that on further interrogation the woman confessed to the crime of stealing the child with intention of selling her.
He, however, stated that the child has been recovered and handed over to the parent.